I'm considering an Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard for an HD capable front end. After some research, I'm wondering whether I should get an ancillary PCI soundcard rather than trying to utilize the onboard sound (which appears to be based on a Realtek chipset). The onboard sound system includes both optical and coax SPDIF outputs (I have an Onkyo receiver the frontend will be connected to), however reports of correct functionality of this chipset under Linux/alsa vary. Also, the audio chipset does not support hardware mixing and would require use of the alsa software mixing interface.
I read that utilizing software mixing might result in audio delays and lack of synchronization between audio/video? Does anyone have any experience with this motherboard or similar audio chip sets and their suitability for use in Mythtv front ends in particular HD based? It looks like in the past the Sound Blaster live/audigy was often recommended? Is that still a good choice for SPDIF output if the onboard sound will be insufficient? Thanks much... -- Paul B. Henson | (909) 979-6361 | http://www.csupomona.edu/~henson/ Operating Systems and Network Analyst | [EMAIL PROTECTED] California State Polytechnic University | Pomona CA 91768
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